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Baseball great Sammy Sosa spoke to Spanish station Primer Impacto yesterday regarding the dramatic lightening of his complexion. Defending his newfound facade, Sosa shot down claims that he is suffering from vitiligo, a skin disorder, and actually attributed his new look to a moisturizer.
According to the New York Daily News, Sosa said:
I'm doing well, doing well, thanks to God. ... I use a cream to keep my skin smooth and soft. I apply it before I go to bed. When I was playing for Chicago all those years, I was in the sun a lot for 1 o'clock games. The flashes (from the cameras) also made my skin look lighter.
What about those green contacts he's been sporting as of late? Sosa deflected critics by retorting that he was just trying something different. "I'm not trying to be superficial," he said.
Who knew a "cream" could literally wipe the black off of your face. I mean, is this guy serious? If I were to put on a cream that drastically altered my complexion, I'd probably sue -- not to mention take the quickest route to my dermatologist. I think it speaks volumes that Sosa plans on being the spokesperson for the "cream."
Sosa, who would not tell...the name of the cream he uses, did say that it is European and that he is in negotiations to market the product.
I get a headache just imagining how it is possible that any person would think this type of change has anything to do with keeping one's skin "smooth and soft." My people, my people, it is 2009, the year of the first black president. Must we still yearn for the Europeanization of our features? If we want to take it back to yesteryear -- beyond Michael -- let's take it back to the black empowerment years of the '60s and proclaim in our minds and hearts that we are black and beautiful. As God made us.
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By: lan on 11/11/2009 2:11PM
We straighten our hair,get injections for wrinkles,breast implants,tanning,hair extentions,on and on and on,so what if someone wants lighter skin?? No different than trying to get darker skin........go figure
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By: TheChosen1 on 11/11/2009 4:28PM
What we do to alter our appearance is not the point. The problem is that this idiot does not want to accept the fact that he is of African Origin. He does not want to identify with being "black". He stated that he is not a racist, how can you be a racist against your own kind?
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By: mel on 11/11/2009 4:57PM
totally agree with you!!
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By: J.D. Heddleson on 11/12/2009 12:46AM
Give me a break...this guy to all types of illegal steriods and enhancements to go from a marginal MLB player to one that hit over 500 homeruns. Anyone that beieves this guys isn't bleaching his skin is an idiot! Look at the evidence, the truth (in both his baseball career and these pictures) is clear.
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By: Lisa on 11/11/2009 2:34PM
Too funny "literally wipe the black off your face" well I'll tell you..it's unfortunate but, this product will be sought after by many unhappy AA's and the price will not make a difference.
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By: julie on 11/11/2009 7:25PM
hahahaha, me being one of them! How much is that cream?? I'll buy it!
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By: sharkchops on 11/12/2009 8:30AM
I'd say you're right. No matter how many people on here complain about it, a good fraction of those same people will seek it out and I'd be willing to bet a good number of high profile blacks and celebrities will be dropping emails to Sammy or suddenly wanting to have a candid lunch with him. We've been made to feel so ashamed of our skin color, even within our own community, that we've come down to this. Thanks, Michael.
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By: shule on 11/11/2009 3:19PM
In Sammy's world white is right and black will set you back. He looks like a pasty brown fool, now he has to worry about getting a sunburn. Next he'll try to blame it on the steroids that he never took.
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By: rojo on 11/11/2009 2:16PM
Dominicans need to remember their ancestors were African slaves that happened to end upon an island with Spanish speaking masters. What Sosa is doing is nothing any west indians or West african is not familiar with, he's bleaching!!
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By: Miss Dominican Republic on 11/11/2009 3:17PM
Oh we do remember when Napoleon brought in the poor unfortunate African slaves into our island, which is why they speak Creole. As well as the rapist Italian Christopher Columbus and the rest of the disease spreading Spaniards. And dont you forget that overall AFRICA is the motherland. There free history for you!!!!
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